| Place with staying power? |
INN |
| Pocket residue |
LINT |
| Populous global area |
ASIA |
| Prince of Darkness |
SATAN |
| Raccoonlike animal |
COATI |
| Rainless expanse |
DESERT |
| Refreshing beverage (Var.) |
ICETEA |
| Repugnance |
AVERSION |
| Rested one's legs |
SAT |
| Ridicule |
MOCK |
| Schuss |
SKI |
| Sick companion? |
TIRED |
| Site of the world's tallest building |
DUBAI |
| Some compass drawings |
ARCS |
| Spouting flames |
AFIRE |
| Squeeze (out), as a narrow victory |
EKE |
| Statistician's fodder |
DATA |
| Suffix with "salt" |
INE |
| Sushi fish |
EEL |
| Teach one-on-one |
TUTOR |
| Took to the cleaners |
HAD |
| Toothpaste type |
GEL |
| Trans-Siberian Railroad city |
OMSK |
| Turkish nabob |
AGA |
| Verbal attack |
SLUR |
| Vintner's 252 gallons |
TUN |
| What boring things never seem to do |
END |
| White elephant events |
SALES |
| Win over, romantically |
STEALONESHEART |
| Winter clock setting on Cape Cod |
EST |
| Women with young'uns |
MAS |
| World Cup team |
USA |
| Wouldn't relinquish |
KEPT |
| Years ___ (in the past) |
AGO |
| Young's accounting partner |
ERNST |
| Zenith |
ACME |
| ___ Cooper (popular car) |
MINI |
| ___ Tse-tung |
MAO |
| ___-Picone of fashion |
EVAN |